Thu Feb 16, 2023 – 6:17 pm EST
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – Republican U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri introduced legislation Wednesday that would ensure Americans subjected to gender “transition” procedures as minors have the ability to sue those responsible for life-altering harms.
The Protecting Our Kids from Child Abuse Act declares that physicians, clinics, hospitals, and educational institutions involved in transitions “shall be liable in accordance with this section to any individual who suffers bodily injury or harm to mental health (including any physical, psychological, emotional, or physiological harm) that is attributable, in whole or in part, to a gender-transition procedure performed on the individual when the individual was a minor.”
“What the American people are seeing take place at pediatric gender clinics in St. Louis and across the nation is appalling,” Hawley said of the measure. “Children who are harmed by these dangerous procedures, which are often irreversible and sterilizing, will now be able to fight back against those who perpetrated their abuse. And federal taxpayers will no longer be forced to foot the bill for abusive treatment.”
By contrast, the Biden administration fully supports the surgical, chemical, and psychological transitioning of minors.
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